Kvasny Prumysl, 2011 (vol. 57), issue 4


The evaluation of α- and β-bitter acid contents of Czech and Moravian hops from the 2010 harvest.Peer-reviewed article

Alexandr MIKYŠKA, Marie JURKOVÁ

Kvasny Prum. 2011; 57(4): 82-89 | DOI: 10.18832/kp2011006  

The contents of α- and β-bitter acids from hops harvested in the Czech Republic in 2010 have been evaluated. The sampling was done in all three growing areas - Žatec (73.8 % of the hop yard areas in the Czech Republic), Úštěk (12.5 %) and Tršice (13.6 %). The Saaz variety (ŽPČ) was cultivated on 87.2 % of the harvest areas, the Sladek variety on 5.2 %, Premiant variety on 5.5 % and the Agnus variety on 2.7 % of the harvest areas. The hops were analyzed in accordance with the Analytica-EBC, method 7.7 (HPLC) and all results are given in weight % in dry matter (DM). The average value for α-acids in the Saaz variety in the Czech Republic...

History of brewing in Moravská Ostrava. Part 2: Burgher brewery in possession of the Strassmann family.Peer-reviewed article

Milan STAREC

Kvasny Prum. 2011; 57(4): 90-94 | DOI: 10.18832/kp2011007  

The second part of the series on the history of brewery in Moravská Ostrava concerns the period from 1899, when Markus Strassmann became the owner of the burgher brewery, until the end of World War II. Apart from the history of the brewery it records also the history of the Strassmann family with which the fate of the brewery during this period was closely connected.The second part of the series on the history of brewery in Moravská Ostrava concerns the period from 1899, when Markus Strassmann became the owner of the burgher brewery, until the end of World War II. Apart from the history of the brewery it records also the history of the Strassmann family...